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Florida high school bans football team's police flag after critics deem it "openly racist"
Fox News ^ | September 22 2020 | Lucas Manfredi

Posted on 09/22/2020 11:09:45 PM PDT by knighthawk

A thin blue line flag has been banned by a local high school in Neptune Beach, Florida following a series of complaints that circulated on social media, according to a report by News4Jax.

According to the outlet, the Fletcher High School football team started carrying the pro-law enforcement flag last year, as a way for one of its players, Caelan Lavender, to honor his late father, Cpl. Andy Lavender. Mr. Lavender was a Jacksonville Beach police officer who unexpectedly passed away in August 2019 after 29 years in law enforcement, and was active in sports programs.

“He was one of a kind,” his wife, Lorie Lavender, told News4Jax. “And he is very much missed and loved.”

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: education; fletcherhigh; florida; football; neptunebeach; policeflag; sports
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Harris-Biden voters going after the police flag because the police stands for racism...
1 posted on 09/22/2020 11:09:45 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

What’s with these leftist Florida high schools and administrators? Are they breed specifically as cowards and dorks or do they have to get a college degree for it?

I suspect that crap like this is getting Trump more votes than the Left ever knew existed, and deservedly so.


2 posted on 09/22/2020 11:18:53 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: knighthawk

WHEN does it STOP?
HOW FAR are we going to let these petulant, juvenile racist obsessed people go?
This is all just a ridiculous ploy of the left to drive all NORMAL citizens crazy!
We ALL need to STOP giving any credence to these LOONEY RACE OBSESSED IDIOTS.


3 posted on 09/22/2020 11:24:38 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: knighthawk

Publish Dean Ledford’s contact info and give him and the school board an earful.

This stops now.


4 posted on 09/22/2020 11:29:07 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: doc maverick
It stops when we defy their petulant demands, then add an exclamation point to it by wielding these when confronted:


5 posted on 09/22/2020 11:35:02 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: Viking2002

Open or concealed. Am I carrying today? Your guess.


6 posted on 09/22/2020 11:40:40 PM PDT by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: know.your.why

I use a pimp stick for balance. Is mine ornamental today, or functional?


7 posted on 09/22/2020 11:53:15 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: Viking2002

It depends on if you are also carrying a pimp cup.


8 posted on 09/23/2020 2:07:20 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Remove your kids form this school today


9 posted on 09/23/2020 2:50:38 AM PDT by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: doc maverick

>> WHEN does it STOP?

It stops with you, me, and everyone else that gives a damn.


10 posted on 09/23/2020 3:19:08 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: knighthawk

Any police officer who votes Dem in this election cycle needs to have his or her head examined. The Dem Party is at war with the police, literally.


11 posted on 09/23/2020 3:25:58 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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Well I'm a critic and the “critics” are racist and America hating. Shouldn't be in the country.
12 posted on 09/23/2020 3:30:28 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

It’s not the cops we need to worry about.

It’s the publik skrewl teachers.


13 posted on 09/23/2020 3:30:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: knighthawk

What is with this TikTok generation that they want to brandish pro police flags?


14 posted on 09/23/2020 3:35:26 AM PDT by HChampagne (I am ready to crawl over broken glass to get to the polling place for Nov. 2020.)
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To: knighthawk

what about black police officers?


15 posted on 09/23/2020 3:43:22 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Q. why did the chicken cross the road? A. It's Trumps fault and you're a racist!)
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To: knighthawk

Blacks consider law and order to be racist? That explains a lot.


16 posted on 09/23/2020 3:44:06 AM PDT by abclily
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To: knighthawk

Social media? The death of America right there. Since when is policy decided by social medial? Are those complaining even part of the school?


17 posted on 09/23/2020 4:01:54 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: ronnie raygun

Lol. FREEPERS are the ones demanding their little cherubs go to these very indoctrination schools. It’s calmed down some but a few weeks ago it was the rallying cry around here. I thought I was on a different website.


18 posted on 09/23/2020 4:04:25 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: ronniesgal

Uncle toms in democrat’s Mind.


19 posted on 09/23/2020 4:05:11 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: knighthawk

Just about every symbol has been called racist. The US flag. “White Lives Matter.” “It’s OK to be White.”

This kind of insane hysteria should be seen as the mental disease that it is, and not be taken seriously.


20 posted on 09/23/2020 4:06:38 AM PDT by I want the USA back (VOTE, even in basket-case democrat states. We ALL vote, we can win. Debate next week.)
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